Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control

About the role

We are expanding our liquid-cooled AI server portfolio and are seeking a Supplier Base Engineer – Liquid Cooling Contamination Control to join our Supplier Base Engineering team. This role involves establishing contamination control strategies, developing supplier capabilities, and ensuring manufacturing readiness for NVIDIA's next-generation liquid cooling products.

Responsibilities

• Define contamination control and fluid cleanliness standards for liquid cooling components, such as cold plates, coolant channels, manifolds, connectors, and PCB contact-pad interfaces.
• Develop and validate inspection methods capable of detecting debris greater than 50 microns using optical inspection, microscopy, image analysis, particle counting, and other advanced inspection technologies.
• Establish cleanliness criteria, sampling plans, acceptance thresholds, and filtration methods to support new product introduction (NPI) and high-volume manufacturing.
• Work together with manufacturing, supplier quality, and engineering experts to identify contamination sources and develop effective prevention and containment controls.
• Define cleaning, flushing, filtration, drying, packaging, and handling requirements to ensure product cleanliness throughout the manufacturing and supply chain.
• Lead root cause investigations for contamination-related failures, including coolant blockage, debris-induced leakage, electrical contact contamination, and long-term reliability concerns.
• Lead supplier qualification, process audits, and ongoing improvement efforts to guarantee alignment with NVIDIA contamination control standards and manufacturing protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in contamination control, manufacturing engineering, fluid systems, precision assembly, or high-reliability product development.
• Experience developing contamination prevention strategies, cleanliness specifications, and inspection methodologies for manufacturing environments.
• Hands-on experience with particle detection and cleanliness assessment techniques, including optical inspection, microscopy, particle counting, image analysis, or fluid cleanliness testing.
• Experience validating inspection systems using GR&R, correlation studies, process capability analysis, and false reject/escape analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, and operations groups.

Qualifications

• Experience handling liquid cooling systems, including cold plates, coolant loops, manifolds, filtration, and coolant distribution architectures.
• Knowledge of contamination control, technical cleanliness standards (e.g., ISO 16232, VDA 19/19.1), precision cleaning processes, and particulate cleanliness measurement.
• Experience supporting supplier process qualification, manufacturing readiness, and high-volume production.
• Understanding of coolant chemistry, filtration techniques, corrosion mechanisms, and material compatibility in liquid cooling systems.
• Experience developing automated inspection solutions for contamination detection in precision manufacturing environments.

Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, and operations groups.
• Experience with contamination control, fluid systems, precision assembly, and high-reliability product development.
• Hands-on experience with particle detection and cleanliness assessment techniques.
• Experience with validation of inspection systems and root cause investigations.
• Knowledge of contamination control standards and manufacturing protocols.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries based on location, experience, and position level.
• A generous benefits package.
• Opportunities for equity and professional growth.

Pay

• Level 4: $152,000 - $253,000
• Level 5: $184,000 - $287,500

Schedule

• Full-time